Ellen Grant
Calm guidance for steady progress
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ellen
Ellen Grant is a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years of practice based in New York. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career concerns, addictions, grief, and parenting. Ellen draws on long experience to listen carefully and help people set clear goals.
Her tone is straightforward and supportive, aimed at people who want steady progress rather than quick fixes. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, often called CBT, to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with more useful ones.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and task-oriented, with homework or small experiments to try between meetings. Ellen emphasizes steady effort and realistic steps, comparing progress to climbing one stair at a time toward a higher floor. Over nearly three decades she has worked across nonprofit and professional settings and participated in social work organizations at multiple levels.
That background informs a respect for different life experiences and a focus on practical solutions. Ellen aims to meet people where they are and to help them build routines that fit their lives. Her approach blends clear problem-solving with empathetic listening.
Conversations focus on what matters now and what can be changed. Parents reading this can expect a calm, direct guide who helps break larger problems into manageable steps.
How CBT and online sessions work together
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It breaks big problems into small, practical steps and often includes simple exercises to try between sessions. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with motivation or self-esteem.Sessions online keep the same CBT structure. Conversations focus on goals, problem-solving, and brief between-session tasks. The therapist and client work together to choose techniques that fit the person’s life and priorities, adjusting the plan as things change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people talk face-to-face from home, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and practice new skills between meetings.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Ellen
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